DOS ain't dead - Open Watcom "Next Generation"

Open Watcom "Next Generation" (Announce)

posted by Japheth , Germany (South), 21.03.2025, 08:21

> (1) I sure hope the openwatcom.org compiler lineage is solidly tested (for
> code generation bugs). I am hearing some less than pleasant things about
> Jiri Malak's wcc fork in this area

I also have the opinion that Jiri seems to be a big believer in progress and hence is focused on 64-bit support, sometimes neclecting the DOS part of OW 2.0 a bit. :-D

However, the main problem I have with OW 2.0 is that there's no "stable" release, just monthly "snapshots".

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Open Watcom "Next Generation" - Japheth, 20.03.2025, 14:11 (Announce)
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